Freelance typesetting
Providing typesetting services using LaTeX to an author on commission. The book is now being represented by an agent.
Providing typesetting services for another romance author on a second book.
State University of New York at Buffalo, Academic Services, Computing and Information Technology (June 1987 - September 1995)
Helped develop the Resource Reporting System, a data collection and processing suite writtem for VM/ESA. My contributions were developed in REXX and Pipelines.
Developed and maintained a customized lpd server in C running under TGV MultiNet to print PostScript files generated by Unix and DOS/Windows clients on PrintServer 40 printers.
Developed and maintained a customized print symbiont in Fortran and C for OpenVMS to print files on the university's printers. The stock symbiont was not sufficient to meet the needs of university policy.
Managed a DEC VAX/11-730 used for the purposes of testing the print symbiont and lpd server for about 1.5 years.
Worked briefly as a consultant assisting the university community with problems and questions with operating and using computing resources.
Oxygen Generating Systems International, Division of Audubon Machinery Corporation, Amherst, NY (February 2004 -)
Construct and test industrial oxygen generators by assembling pipe fittings, panel building, PLC programming and testing completed systems for proper functionality.
Assembly of complete cylinder filling plants using compressors, storage tanks and air dryers, requiring electrical wiring of three phase motors for non-domestic power supply requirements.
Shipping and receiving functions as needed.
SPS Temporaries, Inc. - Buffalo, NY (August 2002 - October 2002, October 2003 – May 2004)
Worked in a temporary to permanent position at OGSI above.
Packaged radiators, other automotive parts and retail displays in a lean manufacturing environment.
Worked in a warehouse to help a jigsaw puzzle manufacturer assemble retail sales kits. Prepared cartons for domestic and international freight shipment for extra holiday orders.
Worked in a temporary to permanent position at PAR Industries.
PAR Industries, LLC - Amherst, Amherst, NY (August 2002-August 2003)
Moved materials and supplies to and from injection molding machines and assembly areas.
Responsible for preparing machines' resin supply, mixing any necessary dye and operating resin driers before molding an new part.
Operated injection molding machines to manufacture various plastic parts primarily for the automotive sector while using the Lean Manufaturing method.
Inspected manufactured plastic parts to insure no defects are found.
Labor Ready, Jamestown, NY (July 2002-August 2002)
Performed general labor in masonry and aluminum foundry environments as well as freight handling.
ADS Corp. (May 2002)
Delivered telephone directories to residences and businesses in urban and rural areas around Jamestown, NY.
White Directory Publishers of New York, Inc. (April 2002)
Delivered telephone directories to residences and businesses in urban and rural areas around Jamestown, NY.
Bureau of the Census (April 2000 - August 2000)
Counted occupants of group quarters and special places such as college dormitories, homeless shelters and correctional facilities within Cattaraugus County, New York.
Counted occupants of homes and verified vacancy of hunting cabins and other seasonal dwellings within Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Erie Counties, New York and Essex County, Massachusetts.
U. S. Army (July 1981 - June 1985)
Provided field artillery cannon gunnery support within a field artillery battery (Military Occupation Specialty 13E)
Provided gunnery and target selection support within a field artillery battalion (MOS 13E)
Had an opportunity to use the AN/GSG-10(V) TACFIRE gunnery computer to provide gunnery and target selection support within a field artillery batallion (as MOS 13C)
CP/M-80 (including Z-System through ZSDOS 1.1 and ZCPR 3.4), MS-DOS through version 6.22, Linux through kernel version 2.4.20 and glibc 2.2.3, OpenVMS through version 6.2 on VAX and Alpha AXP, Solaris, VM/ESA through version 2.0, Windows 3.1/95/98, Assembler (6502, System/370, VAX, Z80), C, C++, COBOL, FORTH-83, Fortran, HTML, PASCAL, Perl 5, Pipelines, PostScript Level 3, REXX, TPU, Xerox Printer Description Language version 10, Adobe Photoshop through version 4.0, Apache, Caere OmniPage Pro through version 8, Corel WordPerfect Suite versions 7 and 8, DEC Document through version 2.0, DECset, LaTeX2e, LyX, OpenVMS DEBUG, PGP, POV-Ray versions 3.0 and 3.1, VAX Runoff, Waterloo SCRIPT
Forklift operator certification for sitdown rider (July 2003)
State University of New York at Buffalo (January 1986 - June 1993)
U.S. Army, (Second Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea) Primary Non-Commissioned Officers Course (October - November 1983)
Randolph Central School, (September 1976 - June 1981)
Good Conduct Medal (June 1984), Army Commendation Medal (January 1984), New York Regents Scholarship (1981).
Available on request.